Plot: The Silver Surfer heads towards Earth, to warn it's heroes of
Thanos, who now possesses god-like powers. But before he can make it, he is attacked
by Thanos. Using the unlimited power of the Infinity Gauntlet, he dwells in a
rock-like figure, and decides to have a little fun with the Silver Surfer's pasts and
secrets. Thanos forces the Surfer to tell of his childhood, to reveal his soul's
inner recesses, all the way to his childhood. Where a young Norrin Radd constantly
studies, never having fun because he wouldn't want to disappoint his father.
Shalla-Bal tries to convince him to go out and have fun, but he refuses to have fun, like
his role model Jartran Radd, his father. His father has taught him that Zenn-La has
become a world without a purpose, computerized, without spirit. The Silver Surfer
tries to resist Thanos's mental probe, but is unsuccessful. Thanos then watches
Norrin Radd's father teaching his son not to grow up like the rest of society.
Teaching him that the world will soon need change with fine young minds like his. Next,
Thanos watches a young Norrin Radd enter manhood by having his head shaved, a custom in
Zenn-La for the youth as they get older. If only his mother, Elmar, could have seen
it. But she could not handle Zenn-La's existence and committed suicide. Next,
the story shifts to Jartran Radd receiving the Delta award for his invention of the
Psi-Sonic Transmitter, a device which has revolutionized the Psycho-Recreational
Arts. Although his invention was an improvement, he could do much more if he had the
proper funding. The next part of our story, however, is a tragic one. The news
reports that Jartran Radd had stolen much of his ideas from another
researcher. Norrin is ashamed of his father. He stops talking to him. At
this point, Silver Surfer tries to resist Thanos's continuing pleasure in his
memories. But Thanos is too powerful and forces the rest of the story out of him,
and finds Norrin's father committed suicide. Norrin is heart-broken and blames
himself, but he tries not to show it on the outside, or to himself. Thanos laughs.
The great "saint" that he thought his foe was, was really a sham.
The Silver Surfer is angered and blasts Thanos's rock-like figure into pieces. He
cannot even believe what he has done to his father so many years before. He finds
he is not perfect, he is not flawless, but a man like everyone else. And as he
flies towards earth, he is weakened by Thanos's probe and falls into the home of Dr.
Strange.

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